Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 3,226 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 3,226 kg/An for milk, total — yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in European Union (27) peaked at 3,226 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,404 kg/An, in 1962.
European Union (27) ranks 8th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,413 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 1,404 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 1,411 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 1,431 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 1,497 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 1,521 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 1,536 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 1,572 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 1,581 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 1,584 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 1,588 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 1,646 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 1,650 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 1,665 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 1,689 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 1,732 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 1,759 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 1,813 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 1,832 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 1,858 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 1,856 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 1,860 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 1,921 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 1,976 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 1,968 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 2,033 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 2,011 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 2,001 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 2,041 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 1,937 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 1,939 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 1,969 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 2,019 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 2,043 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 2,074 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 2,135 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 2,152 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 2,179 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 2,221 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 2,295 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 2,310 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 2,336 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 2,394 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 2,470 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 2,516 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 2,453 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 2,476 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 2,448 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 2,446 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,447 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,511 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 2,530 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 2,612 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 2,773 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 2,897 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 2,887 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,918 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 2,802 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 2,883 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 2,965 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 3,018 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 3,054 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 3,119 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 3,226 kg/An | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,485 kg/An | 1,404 kg/An | 1,581 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,696 kg/An | 1,584 kg/An | 1,832 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,952 kg/An | 1,856 kg/An | 2,041 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,067 kg/An | 1,937 kg/An | 2,221 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,414 kg/An | 2,295 kg/An | 2,516 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,726 kg/An | 2,447 kg/An | 2,918 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,076 kg/An | 2,965 kg/An | 3,226 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in European Union (27)?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in European Union (27) was 3,226 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 3,226 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,404 kg/An in 1962.
- How does European Union (27) rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- European Union (27) ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.